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Bond returns to London and given his new mission.
A new drug is on the market and Bond has to stop further production.
I don't know if Warren Ellis was inspired by the recent 'Idris Elba' debate because M is now black.
Bond goes to Q and told he can't use his new gun and new bullets. A new law has been passed preventing 00 agents using their firearms within the UK. I don't know if that makes much sense but it's an interesting 'what if...' scenario. Mr Ellis wouldn't create that scenario and forget about it so I expect Bond to get into some battles without his weapon.
A new villain is introduced at the end of the issue. A genetically enhanced henchman type. He is assigned the mission to kill Bond before he meets his contact in Berlin. The henchman's name is Masters - the same as the artist!
The first few pages didn't feel particularly Bondian. I though the start might have mirrored the films pre-credit scenes, but instead we get a grim and violent encounter.
I was concerned
There's some humorous banter between the characters which is a nice contrast to the grim opening.
The art is very good. Jason Masters' Bond doesn't look like he's based it on any James Bond actors. It's his own interpretation of the character.
I enjoyed Vargr issue 1. 8 out of 10. Will purchase part 2.
All of the early comic strips were told in first person by Bond, so weren't really faithful adaptations of the books, hopefully the new ones will be. One of the best (having dropped the first person perspective by then) is OHMSS, followed by YOLT which is also very good.
Anyways since we have little modern bond outside the films I welcome Vargr and hope we get more looking foward to issue 2
We have part of a new modern Bond thriller potentially every month ...that's amazing :D
Too early but is Ellis writing the second arc?
Spoilers, proceed at your own caution.
I actually wrote about the series thus far for a web site I contribute to. I briefly touched on the nature of the beast at hand: a 22 page book that can only communicate so much info before us having to wait another 30-odd days to get more info. It's certainly makes for a vastly different experience when compared to sitting down to read Fleming or a continuation novel or watching a film. In those cases, all the info is right there. If we want to take it in in one sitting, time permitting, we can. Here, we can't do that because that's not how monthly, serialized comics work these days. It's different, I'll give you that much. I'm still enjoying thus far, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I said I prefer reading a monthly comic over reading an entire novel or watching a movie.
I understand your point entirely -- it's essentially the same one I was making re: the first issue! I enjoyed this second issue a bit more than the first, there's a decent ratio of sex-to-violence-to-plot-development-to-Bond-being-Bond (loved the little sequence about getting decent coffee in Berlin!) ...but at the end of the day, I suspect this series is going to read best as a compilation rather than in monthly installments.
1-The Introduction to the main event.
2-Bond receiving a phonecall from M and facing danger on holiday at the same time.
3-Bond flirts with Moneypenny and gets into M's office for mission briefing.
4-He travels to a location to meet a contact and is ambushed instantly.
5-He meets the local authorities who helped a fellow 00 agent previously.
6-He encounters the main villain in a casino he runs, using a cover.
7-He gets into bed with a Bond Girl with actual discussion in the midst.
8-The next day he goes to the villain's industrial headquarters and is discovered for who and what he is, gets into action, breaks into the vaults, engages in a shootout, steals important memos and escapes.
9-The main villain reveals a horrifying plan and what he will do next.
All this in one issue. See where I'm coming from?
@eddychaput I think I found your site by searching for a preview for Vargr #2. If the same site I enjoyed it.
"James Bond is alone in Berlin, with nothing but the clothes on his back and the gun in his hand. When help is offered from an unexpected source, Bond has no choice but to accept it - even though it may guarantee that he doesn't live through the night."
If it's the one that goes 'pop' then yes, that's us. Thanks.
I'm going to order hardcopies of these as well, but I love having ebooks and digital copies for convenience.
Yup :)
Yes brief but the action is easily expandable in your mind (I've added the SP helicopter PTS except changed to Helsinki. No collapsing building but crashing balcony and Bond tethered to climbing gear falling down in front of a lorry. Imagine seeing Bond this side of the windscreen bouncing and dangling giving the driver a wtf look.)
Anywhoo way too much information... but I am enjoying the story. Has kind of a Dr. No (the novel) feel to it for me.
It's the case for every comic book and graphic novel from every publisher. Not showing the cover is the exception rather than the rule, and it's been that way for a long time.
Yes, but "Serpent's Tooth" was in a different format (the Prestige Format), with a bigger page count per issue. Here, we have the traditional floppy, with 22 pages, instead of a squarebound issue, with 48 to 64 pages.